Day 53/143
GOALS
- Goal date: May 28, 2011
- Weight goal: 199 pounds
- Total Inches goal: 115.75 inches
Today's Weight: 205.4
Yesterday's Weight: 203.2
+Gain/-Loss: + 2.2
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Yesterday, I was happy because it looked like I might have been losing weight on this plan again. Today, I think not.
I cannot get past the fact that on day 85, after 11 weeks on slow carb, I had lost 36 pounds, and it had been steady and constant. A complete success. 8 weeks later, on day 141, I have lost 2.8 more pounds, and my weight is up since then.
And I have to do something about an ongoing, and unreported problem I have had with this diet: Intermittent, sometimes severe and painful constipation. Apparently, while I seem to be immune to the flatulent effect of beans, they are wrecking the 'back end' of my digestive tract in the quantity required as the main carb staple of Slow-Carbing. This cannot be tied to lack of probiotics (I supplement) or dehydration (I drink more water than anybody I know).
I am going to stay on SCD until I run out of some of the specialized food. Currently I plan to change diets soon after Memorial Day (5 days from today). I may just eat without a plan for a couple of days before starting the new diet - maybe, maybe not. I have developed some good habits the last 5-1/2 months.
The plan I am going to use is one I used 11 years ago to lose more than 50 pounds - it is from the book "Natural Hormonal Enhancement" by Rob Faigin, a book the author (a lawyer, but also a researcher and one of the founders of the drug-free competitive bodybuilding movement) self-published., I is now out of print (used copies now sell for 6 times what I paid for mine).
The diet is similar to several other popular plans I am familiar with, being solidly in the low-carb camp. Its main features are 5 days of controlled, moderately low non-sugar non-refined carbs (30-60g net carbs per day - always with less than 25 in a single meal) and 2 lower carb days per week (< 30g total before dinner) that end with carb-load dinners (>100g if carbs at the last meal of the day), spaced 2 and 3 days apart. It does not feature beans in any form (typically, only a small amount allowed daily due to high starch/sugar content). It allows dairy products (I get cheese back!), and does not count calories - only grams of carbs are counted.
Stay tuned. I will keep posting to this blog - that's a good habit for me!
I cannot get past the fact that on day 85, after 11 weeks on slow carb, I had lost 36 pounds, and it had been steady and constant. A complete success. 8 weeks later, on day 141, I have lost 2.8 more pounds, and my weight is up since then.
And I have to do something about an ongoing, and unreported problem I have had with this diet: Intermittent, sometimes severe and painful constipation. Apparently, while I seem to be immune to the flatulent effect of beans, they are wrecking the 'back end' of my digestive tract in the quantity required as the main carb staple of Slow-Carbing. This cannot be tied to lack of probiotics (I supplement) or dehydration (I drink more water than anybody I know).
I am going to stay on SCD until I run out of some of the specialized food. Currently I plan to change diets soon after Memorial Day (5 days from today). I may just eat without a plan for a couple of days before starting the new diet - maybe, maybe not. I have developed some good habits the last 5-1/2 months.
The plan I am going to use is one I used 11 years ago to lose more than 50 pounds - it is from the book "Natural Hormonal Enhancement" by Rob Faigin, a book the author (a lawyer, but also a researcher and one of the founders of the drug-free competitive bodybuilding movement) self-published., I is now out of print (used copies now sell for 6 times what I paid for mine).
The diet is similar to several other popular plans I am familiar with, being solidly in the low-carb camp. Its main features are 5 days of controlled, moderately low non-sugar non-refined carbs (30-60g net carbs per day - always with less than 25 in a single meal) and 2 lower carb days per week (< 30g total before dinner) that end with carb-load dinners (>100g if carbs at the last meal of the day), spaced 2 and 3 days apart. It does not feature beans in any form (typically, only a small amount allowed daily due to high starch/sugar content). It allows dairy products (I get cheese back!), and does not count calories - only grams of carbs are counted.
Stay tuned. I will keep posting to this blog - that's a good habit for me!
Weight-Loss on the Slow-Carb Diet (SCD)
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Daily Weight vs Goal
Today's Food
Breakfast
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| Red lentil and spinach fritatta made with a whole egg and three whites, topeed with salsa. |
Lunch
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| Uncured ham and red beans with balsamic vinaigrette over Spring Mix greens. |
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| Chili (grass-fed beef, black beans, red beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, spice) over mashed cauliflower. Not shown: Guacamole. |
Snack
Cottage cheese. Later, a large amount of freshly made raw almond butter.
36 oz. of black coffee and 84+ oz. of water.
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posted by Reverend Ken at
9:01 PM
8 Comments:
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/09/19/paleo-diet-solution/ I found this article fascinating! Maybe it will give you a clue to your digestion problems.
Hi- so I know that diet. I still have the book. I think it is good to change diets around. I think it is a good idea. What didn't get published the other day was that I said how much I like going on and reading your blog and talking to you every day. Love you, joan
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